Radiator



P. H. CUSICK.

RADIATOR. APPLICATION FILED IULY I5 i918.

1,328,789, n Patented Jan. 20,1920.

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PATRICK CUSICK,'OFOREG.ON, WISCONSIN. l

RADIATOR. Y

Application filed July 16, 1918.

its main object, brieiiy stated, is the provi-Y sion of a devicel ofthecharacter indicated, embodying certainimproved structural featureswhereby installation may be effected in a much smaller space than hasheretofore been possible, and the number of parts around which cleaningmust ktake place is reduced.

According to the invention, the usual horizontal supply pipe for thesteam or hot water, which ordinarily enters the section at the inlet endof the radiator at right angles thereto, is replaced by a short verticalpipe section which enters the bottom of the said section and isconnected to the main supply pipe, the latter being disposed beneath thefloor of the room wherein the radiator is located. The passage of theheating medium through this pipe section is controlled by a valve in theusual way; but instead of arranging the valve to one side of, and inspaced relation to, the end section, as is customary, it is incorporatedin the said section itself. r:[heV usual feet of the end sections areomitted, and instead there is provided for each end section an enlarged,solid base or pedestal, which rests directly on the floor, one baseheilig formed with a passage wherein the end of the supply pipe isfitted, such passage opening into the interior of the radiator sectionand being controlled by the aforementioned valve. Where a return pipeconnection is provided, the other base is constructed with a similarpassage in which the end of the vertical return pipe is received, sothat not only is a saving of space obtained at both ends of theradiator, but instead of having to clean around the feet of each endsection and beneath the inlet and outlet pipes, it is merely necessary,with the present construction, to clean around the bases of the endsections, which operation is much simpler and can be effected morerapidly and easily than is Specification of Letters Patent.PatentedfJan, 20, i1920,

Serial N0. 245,250.

showing the radiator equipped with a return pipe;

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of a further type of radiator tol which theinvention may be applied;and y Fig. 5 is a fragmental` sectional Viewshowing a slightly different arrangement of the valve.

Referring more particularly to said drawing, land Q indicate the two endsections of the radiator, and 3 the intermediate sections, all of whichare, inthe main, of conventional form, and are joined together bytierods 4 and 5, that are fastened at their terminals to lupper andlower projecting webs 6 and 7 with which the said end sections areprovided. The bottom portion of each end section is enlarged to form asolid base or pedestal 8 or 9, which rests directly upon the floor ofthe rooml and which takes the place of the pairs of feet ordinarilyprovided. The base 8 of the inlet section 1 is formed with a verticalpassage 10 having an angular extension or branch 11 leading from it,said extension opening, in turn, into an enlargement or chamber 12provided upon the lower front portion of the said f 'with the interiorof the section. Under ordinary conditions, therefore, the heating mediumwould be free to flow through the pipes 14 and 13 and the main andbranch passages 10 and l1 into the chamber 12, and thence into theinterior of the radiator section l, through which it would circulate andfrom which it would pass by way of an opening 15 in the lower portion ofthe section into the adjacent intermediate section 3. To control theflow, a

valve device is provided, which is disposed within the chamber 12 andpreferably comprises a head or valve proper 16 mounted on the lower endof a rod 17 that projects through the upper end of said chamber and isin threaded engagement with a bearing cap 1S fitted over said chamberend. It should be noted that the rod 17 extends diagonally upwardly andoutwardly and is located in the plane of the radiator section proper,whereby a neat and inconspicuous mounting is had. The outer end of thevalve rod is equipped with a handle 1%), which, when turned, will causethe valve 16 to move -alternatively toward or from its coacting seat 20,the latter being located at the point where the branch passage 11 opensinto the chamber 12.

The same, or substantially the same, arrangement is employed when theradiator is furnished with a return pipe connection, as represented inFigs. 3 and 4C, in which case a short outlet pipe section 21 projectsupwardly from the main return pipe (not shown) into a passage 22 formedin the base 9 of the section 2 at the outlet end of the radiator, thevalve device being omitted and the upper end of the chamber 12 closed.The radiator illustrated in Fig. 4c is designed for the circulationtherein of hot water as the heating medium, and differs from the formsshown in Figs. 2 and 3 in which steam is to be used, only in that itsseveral sections are in communication at both top and bottom instead ofat bottom alone, so that separate description thereof is unnecessary.

Instead of forming the inlet section 1 with the cylindrical chamber 12for the valve device, this chamber may be omitted, and the valve devicelocated in the base of said section below the circulation space, asrepresented in Fig. 5, with the result that the symmetrical appearanceof the radiator is preserved. In such instance, both the main and branchpassages 10 and 11 are vertical and overlap or extend past each otherfor a slight distance, at which point they are in communication. Thebranch passage 11 opens directly into the bottom of the circulationspace within the radiator section, and its front wall is provided withan opening to receive the bearing cap 18 wherein the valve rod 17 ismounted. This rod 17 is much shorter than the rod 17 in the iirst form,but is otherwise similar thereto, being equipped at its outer end with ahandle 19 and at its inner end with a head or valve 16 for coperationwith the seat 20.

I claim as my invention:

1. A radiator, comprising a plurality of connected end and intermediatesect-ions, each end section having an enlarged, solid pedestal integraltherewith and adapted to rest directly upon the loor, tie rods holdingsaid sections together the base of one end section having extendingthrough it a passage for the heating medium which opens at its lower endthrough the under face of said pedestal and communicates at its upperend with the circulation space within the said section, the -lowerportion of said passage being designed to receive the projecting end ofa transmission pipe for the heating medium.

2. A radiator section having an enlarged solid pedestal integraltherewith and adapted to rest directly on the ioor, said pedestal beingprovided with a passage designed to register, at its lower end, with aheating medium supply pipe, a valve adapted to close said passage, avalve rod attached to said valve and extending diagonally and upwardlyin the plane of the radiator section and mounting means carried by theradiator, for mounting the valve rod.

In testimony whereof I atiixmy signature.

PATRICK H. CUSICKe

